The European Union (EU) countries agreed this Thursday (23) to grant Ukraine and Moldova the status of candidates for membership in the bloc, with European Council President Charles Michel reassuring that this is a “historic day”. “.
The decision, taken on the first day of the European summit in Brussels, came four months after a war broke out between Russia and Ukraine.
The process of full accession to the EU, which currently has 27 member states, may take years for it to be effective.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said, “This is a unique and historic moment in the relations between Ukraine and the EU,” adding that “The future of Ukraine is in the EU.”
As for Georgia, another former Soviet republic that intends to join the EU, it was decided at the bloc’s summit that it would have to move forward with its reforms to achieve candidate country status.
source: Noticias
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